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NACOSEC unveils ambitious plan to fight Covid-19 Share Limpho Sello THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) is intensifying testing and contact tracing for Covid-19 as part of an ambitious 11-day programme to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic in the country. NACOSEC has also earmarked some hospitals and facilities, including an army base and the Makoanyane Military Hospital, as treatment and isolation facilities for Covid-19 patients. An additional 400 health professionals have been recruited to boost the human resources capacity to fight the pandemic. The 11-day campaign, outlined...

LEPOSA fumes over Covid-19 treatment MASERU-THE Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) has accused the police authorities of turning a blind eye to their plight after four officers died of Covid-19. The Leposa spokesman, Constable Motlatsi Mofokeng, told thepost yesterday that a further four police officers have been admitted at a hospital with Covid-19. “Three of them have since been discharged while the fourth one is battling for his life,” Constable Mofokeng said. He said they still have some police officers who are showing some symptoms associated with Covid-19 but are at their hom...

IT was the fear of what would happen after retirement that gave her sleepless nights. What if her pension was not big enough to take care of her needs? Would she continue to enjoy the same standard of living she had enjoyed whilst working? These were the questions that gave Dr ’Mamotsotuoa Makoa headaches as she slowly edged towards the end of her long and illustrious academic career. With retirement beckoning on the horizon, she knew it was time to start planning for her future. That was 20 years ago. Dr Makoa was 53 then. And so, when she heard that Sekhametsi Investment Consortium (SMIC)...

Computers for rural schools MASERU-IN 2005, the government pledged to develop ICT curricula for all levels of the education system by 2020. Fifteen years on, it remains a pipedream despite the country adopting a national ICT policy aimed at entrenching the learning of ICTs in schools. This week, Communications Minister Chief Thesele ’Maseribane said the government expects 65 percent of children that enter primary, secondary and tertiary to get connected on the e-learning platform. He said this while launching the ministry’s three-year strategic plan. For many students and their teachers, ...

Minister to spearhead Covid-19 rapid testing MASERU-HEALTH Minister Motlatsi Maqelepo will spearhead a Covid-19 rapid testing programme during this festive season, thepost heard this week. The ministry will work closely with key security agencies to implement the programme. The decision to conduct rapid Covid-19 tests comes as Lesotho is bracing for a surge in infections as thousands of Basotho trek back home for the Christmas season. It also comes after reports that at least 37 students at Hlotse Agricultural College were infected with the virus last week. The National Covid-19 Secretariat (...